Refrigerator



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J. C. BER GER. RBFRIGERATOR.

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J. C. BERGER.

REFRGERATOR.

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J Cl-IN C. BERGER, OF MICHIGAN CITY, INDIANA.

REFRIGERATOR.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 396,261, dated January 15, 1889.

Application iled`May 17, 1888.

.To @ZZ whom, it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN C. BERGER, a citizen of the United States of America, residing atMichigan City, in the county of La Porte and State of Indiana, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Refrigerators; and I do hereby declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to letters or iigures of reference marked thereon, which form a part of this specification.

My invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in refrigerators; and it consists in the special construction and com bination of the parts, as will be hereinafter fully set forth, and specilica-lly pointed outin the claims.

In the accompanying' drawings, Figure l. is a perspective view of my improved refrigerator, and Fig. 2 a vertical sectional view.

The exterior of the refrigerator is practically of ordinary construction, being provided in front with doors, so that access can be had to the provisionchamber, and on top with a hinged lid to permit ice to be placed in the ice-chamber. To the under side of this lid is secured a corrugated metal plate, A, having longitudinal depending flanges CL, the Aflange adjacent to the hinges being adapted toabut against the upper edge of the back wall of the ice-chamber, while the front flange ts against the upper edge of the interior front wall. To the inner side walls, near the top,

are secured triangular strips B, and at the corners of the refrigerator are secured vertical strips which extend from the triangular strips l downwardly to the bottom of the icechamber.

At the upper portion of the provision-chamber are rigidly secured to the front and rear sides of the refrigerator cross-pieces or boardsy C C and C, the edges of which are separated from each other to provide air-passage ways d d at the sides of the refrigerator and cen.` tral air-passages, c c. The central board, C

is slightly hollowed from front to rear.

Above the boards C, hereinbefore referred to, is secured an open-topped box or casing,

E', forming the ice-chamber, which is prefer- Serial No. 274,153. (No model.)

ably made of metal, the bottom c2 thereof, at its rear, having an opening, to which a dripf pipe, E, is connected, said drip-pipe passing down through the provision-chamber and out at the bottom of the refrigerator. The bottom e2 of the ice-chamber E, hereinbefore described, is provided with slots or openings c', having slight upwardly-projecting walls d. These upwardly-projecting langes prevent the water from the melting ice dropping into the provision-cliamber.

The lower chamber of the refrigerator is metal lined in the usual manner, and the walls are also provided with a packing of nonconducting material, as shown.

F refers to an icetray, made of corrugated metal and provided with upwardlyprojecting sides F, the corrugated bottom f thereof having slots f.

which rest upon the bottom e2 of the icechamber and provide a space between the bottom f of said tray and the bottom of the ice-chamber.

AThe construction hereinbefore described provides means whereby the cold air from the ice can descend through the openings fin the corrugated bottom, upon which the ice rests, and through the openings e in the bottom ofthe ice-chamber into the provision-chamber, while the warmer air from the provision-chamber can rise through the openings d through the side tlues, d2, with which Asaid openings connect, and over the sides F into the ice-chamber, so as to keep up a continuous circulation of air in the refrigerator.

Beneath the openings e, through which the cold air descends, are pans H H, which are To the longitudinal edges ofl the bottom f" of the tray are secured strips g,

maintained in position by having one edge thereof placed in a recess formed in strips z, secured to the under side of the boards C. The rear sides of these pans are flanged outwardly and held in place by pivoted plates The inner edges of these pans are bent slightly upward, so as to provide shallow receptacles which will` hold any moisture which may condense therein.

Beneath the central board, C', and above the drippans II are secured brackets, which sup* port glass plates J J, designed to condense moisture in the air circulating in the refrigerator.

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The pans hereinbefore referred to inay have suitable openin gs or stoppers for withdrawing' the water which may collect therein.

I claiin-hm l. In a refrigerator, the combination, substantially as described, of the ice-chamber having an inclined bottom provided with flanged openings, xed supports for the bottoni of the ice-chamber, an ice-tray of corrugated inetal provided with upwardly-projecting ends, and strips secured vertically i'n the corners of the ice-chamber to support the up- Wardly-projecting ends of the tray against outward pressure.

2. In a refrigerator, the combination, substantially as described, of the metal-lined icechamber occupying the entire upper part of the refrigerator and having its bottom provided with flanged openings, a removable JOHN C. BERGER,

Vitnesses:

111. B. TUTHILL, Moses MORITZ. 

